Comments on: BlackBerry Tour hitting Verizon Wireless on July 12th, selling for $199?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:08:40 +0000

okay guys. i understand for those of us VZW users, finally getting the tour is freaking exciting! i know ill be getting it the day it comes out! dont listen to the shit of these haters because it doesnt matter. if YOU want to buy this phone, even though it doesnt have wifi, then you fucking can! its your choice, money, and personal opinion. and you gay iphone freakos, GET OFF OF HERE! the thread DEFINATLEY refers to BLACKBERRY. i do not see the word “apple” anywhere. personally i think apple sucks. but yet aain, everything is based on personal opinions.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:13:52 +0000

@michael:

Really?? I called and spoke with a Verizon customer service person yesterday, who said the phone (with the new every two upgrade) would be $149.99 online! For you it was only $99?? Wow…

Also, my other problem is that for some reason, when I click “upgrade” on the Tour’s page, and I login, I cannot see the Tour available for me to upgrade to… did this happen to you, or do you know why this might be happening to me??

By: michael

michael — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:18:03 +0000

I just pre-ordered my BB Tour on verizonwireless.com as my new every two upgrade. They just started letting you pre-order it as an upgrade. It was 99 bucks if you order it online! 269 dollars with two year contract…less 100 dollars for the new every two discount…then less 70 dollars for ordering online. 99 bucks? That to me is awesome!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:43:29 +0000

Has anyone pre-ordered the Tour through Verizon yet?! If so, can you tell me how much it was, with the rebates and new every two year credit?

Thanks!

By: jake

jake — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40:13 +0000

you can pre-order now, but only on the website, and the upgrade plan method is not letting you select the Tour. Verizon is aware of this bug and is working on it

By: John

John — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:49:05 +0000

I just talked to a Verizon sales person over the phone. I asked if I could preorder the Tour. He was flustered and came back from his manager saying there is no release date yet.

By: PonHoss

PonHoss — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:46:13 +0000

@t Thanks I picked up the storm it will just cost me $35 return fee. The rep said the tour will be in the store either 12 (Sunday) or 13th (Monday)

By: Donnabelle

Donnabelle — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:42:38 +0000

July 12th is a Sunday! Does that mean it will come out on Friday, Saturday or Monday?? I don’t know about most stores but the one near me is closed on Sunday.

By: jake

jake — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:45:24 +0000

i repeat what someone else pointed out– why would you need wifi on a network where you always have a fast data connection?
I can understand on ATT, or in a location with no signal, but really– if I’m in NYC using a data PDA I don’t ever need to log in to someone’s router.

By: Its All The Same Crap

Its All The Same Crap — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:12:17 +0000

lol. Ok, so to not make all the Crackberry Fan-douches get so irritated, I took it upon myself to compare the Bold to the Tour on BlackBerry’s own website.

From what I can tell, the Tour differs in that…

- It’s slightly smaller
- has a couple more bluetooth options
- screen if different dimension (480×360, Bold is 480×320)
- slighlty better battery
- Tour does NOT have 1GB of storage
- Tour has 2x the internal flash (256mb)
- NO wi-fi on Tour (man, did I read that right? Are you serious??)
- is UMTS/HSPA/CDMA whereas Bold is HSDPA

By: Its All The Same Crap

Its All The Same Crap — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:48 +0000

uhhh… so the Tour is basically the CDMA/EVDO version of the Bold, right? I mean… right?

Ah… I dont’ really care. I’m just tired of seeing the same guy under 14 different screen names going on and on about a phone that already seems to exist on At&t. I guess if you’re VZW customer who refuses to jump ship (which I can respect that, At&t sucks anyway) for the Bold, then it’s exciting. Otherwise, yawn. I just don’t understand why they don’t call it Bold for VZW. maybe because at&t has the Bold name under contract?

Whatever.

By: laxbum

laxbum — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:10:13 +0000

This could be BS, but I called my local Verizon Store 15 minutes ago (not an authorized retailer by the way) and the sales lady said the Tour would not be released on Verizon until November.

She could be talking out of her ass, but I worry because of no official release from Verizon around the mid July date people are talking about.

Just thought I’d share.

By: t

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:57:47 +0000

@PonHoss

That’s what I did! Got the curve for 40 after the rebate and when the Tour comes out, I’m getting that! Within 30 days you can return a phone and get any other phone and you only have to pay the difference. So if the Tour is released at 199, I only pay 199-119! And that’s even BEFORE rebates!! Definately a great decision.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:52:42 +0000

Is this the new name for the Niagra, or is that a different model to be released later?

By: PonHoss

PonHoss — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:55:15 +0000

Should I get a Storm, then return it in 15 days and get a TOUR!

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:26:00 +0000

. Verizon will have special deals for new customers but for upgrades good luck. if you have a plan under 99.99 and are not looking to add any more features like tethering or vz navigator or upgrade to an unlimted blackberry data and voice plan then you may be out of luck. if you are not getting anything more then verizon will not move the upgrade date. Unless you have connections then your going to have to wait

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:05:17 +0000

No wifi bold lol I’ll think stick w AT

By: Mr. Steelgrave

Mr. Steelgrave — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:32:01 +0000

Holy Cow Everybody! Nerd Fight!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:59:38 +0000

@Tannis -

Yeah, Verizon has been super secretive about the whole thing. It’s driving me nuts. I went on to their Web site and even did the whole live chat thing trying to find out more info. and ended up telling off the sales associate I was chatting with, because I was so angry!! Is it really asking that much just to tell us when we’ll able to buy the damn thing? And how much it will be?

If it’s $199 – 70 (the rebate), and then if we can knock off another $50 for our new every 2, that would be great. I would be so happy. And if I were you, I’d definitely wait the extra 6 days until you’re eligible. This phone seems worth it (and I’ve never owned a blackberry before!)

By: mia

mia — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:41:02 +0000

I’ll be sticking with my Storm thank you very much

By: jake

jake — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:20:07 +0000

@blah

because the bold isn’t on verizon

By: Name (required)

Name (required) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:19:22 +0000

What I have said so far is false. I do not have any upcoming BBs. I apologize everyone for being rude. I am an idiot. Thank you.

By: Sonya

Sonya — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:07:38 +0000

And for all the dumb asses saying Verizon failed with no Wifi this is RIMs doing retard. Sprints Tour doesn’t have wifi either. So STFU already.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:35:20 +0000

Sprint Tour confirmed for July 20th from Engadget

By: blah

blah — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:45:01 +0000

dumb question…

Is the tour browser the same as on bold/8900? if so… why bother

By: Tyrone D.

Tyrone D. — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:58:31 +0000

@Noak k

Douchebag

By: Jerms

Jerms — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:11:14 +0000

HA!!!! YES !

By: jake

jake — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:33:04 +0000

Q –> Curve –>Q –>Tour

I recently used my every-two discount to get a Curve.
I was coming from a Motorola Q, which I loved despite how slow it was, and how slow it was (did I mention slow?) So I had high expectations for the Curve.
Everyone had said how “once you go crack you never go back”.
I liked some things– the GPS directions, for instance. It was faster, yes.
But I ended up returning the Curve and going back to using my old (and breaking Q). I was either going to get an iphone on ATT (despite the fact that i live and work in NYC where ATT coverage is poor) or was going to wait for something else to come out under Verizon.
Then I found out the Tour is coming out. I’m getting the Tour.

Here’s why: The keyboard on the tour is more like the Q, the keys are spread out a little more and its just enough to make fast typing manageable. I tried someone’s ATT Bold, and was happy. If I didn’t need a real physical QWERTY keyboard, I would get an iphone. It’s about typing, so the keyboard should be usable by humans. My hands are not huge, but I couldn’t adjust to the small keys on the Curve.

Also, the Curve was manufactured very poorly, the plastic felt cheap, and it didn’t seem well built. The Bold feels more solid. But you’re getting what you pay for– the Curve was free with my every-two discount, but I will have to pay $100 for the Tour.

I was considering the iphone, but am choosing the Tour because I need to email for work, I don’t care about browsing the internet, organizing my audio collection, or editing movies on my phone. That’s what my Macbook Pro, or my MacPro, or any of my other computers are for.
When I am working, I simply need to email & view attachments.

The Tour is the winner.

By: StormTrooperRichie

StormTrooperRichie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:30:52 +0000

Disregard that comment JoeTour for that i am now StormTrooperRichie lol.

By: richie

richie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:29:10 +0000

@ JoeTour

whats up Bro